SWA1251 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) and Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8. Typical block time is 1h 54m. SkyMeter has observed 156 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
156
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 54m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/31/2025 → 8/13/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
31 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.6%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KCVG → KMDW
32
avg 48m · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky → Chicago Midway
KDEN → KCVG
29
avg 2h 29m · Denver → Cincinnati Northern Kentucky
KBWI → KPBI
17
avg 2h 9m · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall → Palm Beach
KSNA → KDAL
11
avg 2h 40m · John Wayne Airport-Orange County → Dallas Love Field
KDAL → KDCA
9
avg 2h 41m · Dallas Love Field → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KMDW → KBHM
7
avg 1h 19m · Chicago Midway → Birmingham-Shuttlesworth
KSNA → KDCA
3
avg 7h 0m · John Wayne Airport-Orange County → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KORF → KBWI
3
avg 58m · Norfolk → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
KBWI → KHOU
3
avg 2h 41m · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall → William P Hobby
KSAT → KDAL
1
avg 44m · San Antonio → Dallas Love Field

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
143
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
64
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
19

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
1
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of SWA1251

30
N8559QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/13/2026
2h 40m
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N960WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/12/2026
31m
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N254WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/11/2026
33m
No alerts
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N8898LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/10/2026
2h 45m
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N8785LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/10/2026
1h 25m
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N8785LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/10/2026
2h 29m
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N8785LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/9/2026
1h 9m
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N8785LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/9/2026
3h 39m
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N8668ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/6/2026
2h 37m
No alerts
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N570WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/5/2026
1h 1m
No alerts
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N250WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/4/2026
1h 17m
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N8322XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/4/2026
48m
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N8322XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/3/2026
2h 31m
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N8686ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/3/2026
58m
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N8686ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/3/2026
20m
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N8686ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/2/2026
2h 41m
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N8686ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/2/2026
24m
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N8686ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/2/2026
3h 26m
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N8874QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/1/2026
44m
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N8874QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/31/2026
2h 24m
No alerts
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N8835QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/31/2026
44m
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N8835QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/30/2026
2h 22m
No alerts
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N8972SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/30/2026
2h 6m
No alerts
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N8972SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/29/2026
43m
No alerts
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N8972SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/29/2026
7h 47m
No alerts
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N8972SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/29/2026
2h 47m
No alerts
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N8515XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/29/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
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N8515XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/28/2026
2h 30m
No alerts
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N8515XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/28/2026
1h 1m
No alerts
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N8988SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/28/2026
2h 48m
No alerts
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